Percomorpha

Translingual

Etymology

Perca +‎ -morpha

Proper noun

Percomorpha

1. A taxonomic series within the superorder Acanthopterygii – the main group in the superorder of spiny-rayed fishes, now sometimes treated as a part of a clade Percomorphaceae.

Hypernyms

• (series): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii - superorder

Hyponyms

• (series): Smegmamorpha; Ophidiiformes, Tetraodontiformes, Pleuronectiformes, Dactylopteriformes, Scorpaeniformes, Batrachoidiformes, Lophiformes, Perciformes - orders

See also

• Percomorphaceae - clade

References

• Perciformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Percomorpha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Percomorphaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Percomorpha at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Percomorphaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Percomorpha”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025